Fat or slim, Bonzi is lazy. Regardless, he is not to blame for the entire laziness of this Rockets team. Another nearly 40 points given up in the fourth quarter?!? Pathetic. It’s not like Houston scored 30 something points in the 4th, also. We all better hope the Rockets play better next year; and I mean the 2008-09 season, because this team is going no where fast…as tonight showed.

It was hard watching the team not adjust well to Baron’s dominance in the early 4th period. 7 treys is unacceptable defense in the 4th period. Bonzi and Scola missed easy baskets when we desperately needed them.

uhhh bryan how can you bash tmac when he was no part of this game… rockets should have won without him but they got carless and defnese sucked in the 4th… and that is pretty crappy when you wish for someone to end their career on an injury, i know houston does not hope for that and that is about as low as you can go

We were at this point the last time T-MAC got hurt. Bonzi was placed into the spotlight and he went on a poor shooting streak for two weeks. It started with him missing these lay-up but the difference then was the intensity of his play. This game was disappointing for all of us but the intensity and effort was there. He played as hard as I seen him play in the last four years. He was concentrating and focused; if he relaxed just a little bit his natural skills will take over. He lacking a little confidence with the pressure of the spotlight but this is what we all wait for in life A CHANCE. He has got to look at his pregame preparation. He has got to have his whole life surrounded by these upcoming games because we are asking him to do something that we believe he can but he never has done in the NBA; THAT IS TO CARRY A TEAM. Therefore, his level of committment and concentration has to exceed all of his previous games in the league. That would also include pregame preparation. He also has to get the other players fully committment and focused for us to win.

I believe he can do it. I know he has waited a longtime for this opportunity but he has to relax and accept is new his role. I guess we will see in the next week or so.

He will be ready on Wednesday if he relaxed just a little bit. We need him to hit a few shots to get his confidence level up. He has to remember that he has played well and we have been winning.